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IMPROVEMENT IN PANTALOONS-STRETGHING DEVICE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, S. C. WELLS, of Le Roy, in the county of Genesee,and State of' New York, have invented o. certain new and usefulImprovement in Clamps for Stretching Pantaloonswheu wet; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof',reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification. A i

Figure 1 isa perspective view of my improved clamp, applied to a. pairof pants.

Figure 2, a view, showing a. modification of the elampizig-device.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts iu both figures.

My invention consists, as a. new article of manufacture, of twoclamp-bars for holding the pant-legs, having combined therewith weightsfor producing the necessary tension, sp1-ings for producing the reactionof the bars,

and a cam, screw, or equivalent device, for closing the bars.-

In the drawings, A Aindicate thetwo ba'rs, which receive the pant-legsbetween them, as shown. The contiguous clamping-surfaces may be eitherstraight or curved, as may be desired. At the ends the bars areconnected by metallic or rubber springs, a a, which serve to throw themapart, and also weights, b 6, which, by

gravity, produce the necessary tension upon the pants. They are alsoprovided with a cam-lever, screw, wedge,

or other device, c, which serves to clamp the bars together.

Theoperation of this arrangement will b e readily understood. Thepant-legs, when wet, are placed in the clamp, and the weights keep themtaut while drying, so that no shrinkage can take place.

This clamp differs from others for ordinary uses, notouly in thestructure of the bars themselves, but especially in the employment, incombination therewith, of the weights 6 b and reacting-springs a c,which have a particular use in this relation not required for ordinarypurposes.

What Iclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, asa new article of' manufacture, is-

'Ihe combination of bars AA, weights b b, springs a a, andclamping-device c, substantially as and for the purpose described. v

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signedmy name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

S. C. WELLS.

Witnesses: Y

S. L. HOOKER, F. P. HEDDON.

